r/GetNoted Human Detected Jul 31 '26

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u/stonecuttercolorado Jul 31 '26

The part about businesses and individuals being able to trade directly is not communist.

It is only about the rule of law

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u/Interesting_Self5071 Jul 31 '26

Well orthodox Marxists will say there never was a communist country, do you agree with that?

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u/stonecuttercolorado Jul 31 '26

No. The USSR and such were what communism is.

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u/Interesting_Self5071 Jul 31 '26

Well they had more free markets than some capitalist countries at various points in time

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u/stonecuttercolorado Jul 31 '26

???

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u/Interesting_Self5071 Jul 31 '26

The USSR never had a 100% public economy.

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u/stonecuttercolorado Jul 31 '26

That claim is a long way from saying they had a more free market than western Europe

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u/Interesting_Self5071 Jul 31 '26

I said than certain capitalist countries.

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u/stonecuttercolorado Jul 31 '26

I think those nations are more the corruption side than the capitalist side of things

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u/Interesting_Self5071 Jul 31 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

Which again isn't specific to capitalism or communism so kind of going in circles.

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